Dr. Pamela Gay from Astronomy Cast is attending the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference this week and is blogging from the conference. You can catch her updates at Astronomy Cast Live . She’s already posted some very interesting reports on how the Martian north pole region — where the Phoenix lander sits — may currently be habitable, and the debate on how planets should be classified. Great stuff — check it out!
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